{"id":21406,"date":"2025-01-09T12:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=21406"},"modified":"2025-01-09T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:32:18","slug":"quick-takes-eco-overlords-rights-of-nature-tribunal-eco-marxist-education-reshaping-your-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2025\/01\/09\/quick-takes-eco-overlords-rights-of-nature-tribunal-eco-marxist-education-reshaping-your-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 Eco-Overlords: Rights Of Nature Tribunal; Eco-Marxist Education; Reshaping Your Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: The Acolytes of Gaia shall ensure your Green compliance\u2026 or else!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qxt02VpzPh8?si=JIhhm64FXwxFzQo3\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10721\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/prayer-mother-earth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/prayer-mother-earth.jpg 470w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/prayer-mother-earth-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In service of Gaia, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/rights-of-nature-tribunal-seeks-to-end-fossil-fuel-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tribunal<\/a> was called to punish those who violate the \u201cRights of Nature\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe tribunal\u2019s website is typical of the anti-humanism that permeates the nature-rights movement. For example, the fundamental philosophy of nature rights \u2014 as elucidated at the website, is \u2018that the interests of nonhuman beings are of equal importance to human interests.\u2019 So, pond scum, mosquitoes, trees, squirrels, grass, and scallops are equal to us. That\u2019s self-loathing any way you look at it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWorse, adopting such a misanthropic approach to environmentalism would have serious consequences to human thriving. For example, forget about heating your home in the winter. Fossil-fuel industries are a primary target. Thus, the tribunal will hold a faux trial to prosecute fossil-fuel industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This \u201ctribunal\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightsofnaturetribunal.org\/tribunals\/end-of-fossil-fuels-tribunal-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in its own words<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe International Rights of Nature Tribunal will leverage the platform of Climate Week New York to amplify its message and advocate for the Rights of Nature, calling for genuine solutions to the climate crisis. The Tribunal hearing will highlight the fossil fuel industry\u2019s ongoing impacts on frontline communities in the U.S. and worldwide, including ecological destruction and exacerbation of the climate crisis. It will specifically examine the industry\u2019s devastating effects on biodiversity and BIPOC communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article\/rhode-island-college-english-course-teach-students-eco-marxism\/27231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indoctrinated<\/a>, comrade:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cRhode Island College will offer English students a chance to study &#8216;eco-Marxism&#8217; in a course purporting to combine literature and &#8216;ecocriticism.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs a theory, eco-Marxism asserts that Marxist thought is the solution to the degradation of the environment by capitalism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018Along the way we will pay close attention to two subfields of ecocriticism: \u201csocial ecology\u201d and \u201ceco-Marxism,\u201d\u2019 the course description for \u201cLiterature, Environment, and Ecocriticism\u2019 says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018Our overarching goal is to learn about and apply the analytical and interpretive tools of ecocriticism in order to write about cultural texts of all kinds.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018We will explore the intersection of environmental studies and the humanities from a perspective informed by environmental science, cultural narrative, history, and ideology, including the very latest data regarding key environmental benchmarks,\u2019 it continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Technology allowed us to freeze food in order to preserve it. This is apparently an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-08-22\/a-global-cold-rush-is-reshaping-how-the-world-eats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affront<\/a> to Gaia.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLike you really don\u2019t need to have a tomato in December, it\u2019s going to taste like nothing anyway, just don\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" align=\"center\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Eco-Overlords: Rights Of Nature Tribunal; Eco-Marxist Education; Reshaping Your Diet\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: The Acolytes of Gaia shall ensure your Green compliance\u2026 or else!\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/prayer-mother-earth.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: The Acolytes of Gaia shall ensure your Green compliance\u2026 or else! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2025\/01\/09\/quick-takes-eco-overlords-rights-of-nature-tribunal-eco-marxist-education-reshaping-your-diet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[19,26,25,24,42,69,48],"class_list":["post-21406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-progressives","tag-communism","tag-green","tag-higher-ed","tag-leviathan","tag-mood-music","tag-quick-takes","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21408,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21406\/revisions\/21408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}